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Marik's solution includes a steroid (left) combined with vitamin C (right) and a few other ingredients.

Can A Cocktail Of Vitamins And Steroids Cure A Major Killer In Hospitals?

May 11, 2018
Two big studies aim to rigorously test what could be a revolutionary treatment for a common and deadly disease: sepsis. Many doctors are awaiting the results before changing their practice.
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'Failing Patients': Baltimore Video Highlights Crisis Of Emergency Psychiatric Care

Apr 29, 2018
A viral video is drawing attention to a problem in hospital emergency rooms across the country. More and more patients with urgent psychiatric conditions aren't receiving the care they need.
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Goats and Soda
The wreckage of ambulances outside a makeshift hospital used by rebel fighters in Aleppo.

Sheer Number Of Attacks On Health Facilities In Syria Shocks Researcher

Apr 24, 2018
A new study compiled nearly 200 incidents in 2016 in northern Syria — double the amount from a previous attempt to come up with data. And everyone agrees that number is likely an undercount.
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Free-standing ERs tend to have lower standby costs than hospital-based facilities that have to be ready to treat dire injuries. But the free-standing ERs typically receive the same Medicare rate for emergency services.

Medicare Advisers Recommend Payment Cuts To Many Free-Standing ERs

Apr 17, 2018
An agency that advises Congress recommends a 30 percent reduction in some federal reimbursements to free-standing ERs that are within 6 miles of a hospital.
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The CDC is trying to stop E. coli and other bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics because they can cause a deadly infection.

Federal Efforts To Control Rare And Deadly Bacteria Working

Apr 03, 2018
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's efforts to control drug-resistant bacteria finds that the percentage of bacteria carrying this resistance is declining. But it wants more data.
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Should doctors choose lactated Ringer's solution (right) or normal saline?

Why Did Sterile Salt Water Become The IV Fluid Of Choice?

Mar 31, 2018
IV bags filled with what's called normal saline are used to treat problems ranging from vomiting to lightheadedness. But evidence for the use of saline over other intravenous options is scant.
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The Two-Way
A woman discharged from a Baltimore hospital, later identified as Rebecca, was captured on video by passerby Imamu Baraka.

Federal Regulator Cites Baltimore Hospital After Patient Left At Bus Stop In Gown

Mar 21, 2018
The investigation by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services found that the hospital failed to protect the patient from "harassment and potential harm."
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As a "hospital-at-home" patient, Phyllis Petruzzelli was visited twice a day by doctors and nurses who were able to perform any needed tests or bloodwork there to help her heal from pneumonia. "I'd do it again in a heartbeat," Petruzzelli says.

Patients Like Hospital Care At Home, But Some Insurers Are Skeptical

Mar 07, 2018
Some health systems are encouraging selected emergency room patients who are sick but stable and don't need intensive, round-the-clock care to opt for hospital-level care at home, instead.
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Emergency rooms are seeing a jump in opioid overdoses. Timely treatment with naloxone can reverse the effects of opioids.

Jump In Overdoses Shows Opioid Epidemic Has Worsened

Mar 06, 2018
Opioid overdoses increased 30 percent nationwide between 2016 and 2017, with some places showing even more dramatic spikes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Getting health care to rural areas may involve tough decisions about the role of hospitals.

Rethinking Rural Health Solutions To Save Patients And Communities

Feb 28, 2018
Hospitals have long been linchpins of rural communities, providing jobs as well as health care. But policy analysts say some hospitals may have to change or close to better serve rural health needs.
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<strong></strong>Dr. Don Stader is associate medical director at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., and a consultant on opioid use for the Colorado Hospital Association. "We all see the carnage that this opioid epidemic has brought," he says. "A

These 10 ERs Sharply Reduced Opioid Use And Still Eased Pain

Feb 23, 2018
Collaboration was key for the 10 emergency rooms that cut opioid prescriptions by 36 percent. Doctors say they now use less addictive medicines to manage pain and have shifted patients' expectations.
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Goats and Soda
An operating room in a hospital in Ethiopia.

Too Little, Too Late, Too Risky: Surgery In Africa

Jan 29, 2018
A new survey looks at the state of surgery in Africa. We asked Dr. Forster Amponsah-Manu, a general surgeon in Ghana, about his reaction — and his personal experiences.
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The Two-Way
Rescue workers searched a scorched, smoke-filled hospital on Friday in Miryang, South Korea, after a deadly fire broke out in the emergency room.

Fire Rips Through South Korean Hospital, Killing Dozens Of Patients

Jan 25, 2018
The blaze broke out in an emergency room in the southeastern town of Miryang. Many of the fatalities were elderly patients and at least one doctor and two nursing staff were also killed.
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Doctors in Miami found that a man's tattoo expressing his end-of-life wishes was more confusing than helpful.

When A Tattoo Means Life Or Death. Literally

Jan 21, 2018
A gravely ill man arrives at the hospital, alone and unconscious, with a tattoo across his chest: "Do Not Resuscitate." It sparks deep conversation about end-of-life care in America.
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Campbell is able to move around his house with the help of a walker.

Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill

Jan 17, 2018
Home health firms sometimes turn away Medicare beneficiaries who have chronic health problems by incorrectly claiming Medicare won't pay for their services, say advocates for patients.
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Michelle Leavy had emergency gallbladder surgery in June. She refused opioids before, during and after the operation. "It hurt," she says, "but I lived."

Hospitals Brace Patients For Pain To Reduce Risk Of Opioid Addiction

Jan 09, 2018
As hospitals assess their role in the opioid crisis, some are trying to change patient expectations by warning them to expect some pain. Doctors in those hospitals are prescribing fewer opioids.
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Jason Cleckler, CEO of Delta Memorial Hospital in Delta, Colo., says Medicaid expansion helped the hospital's bottom line.

Hospitals In States That Expanded Medicaid Less Likely To Close

Jan 08, 2018
Hundreds of thousands of people gained health insurance in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. In those states, hospitals were less likely to close.
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Each year, hundreds of hospitals lose 1 percent of their Medicare payments through the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program. The penalties — now in their fourth year — were created by the Affordable Care Act to drive hospitals to improve th

Hospitals Nationally Hit Hard By Medicare's Safety Penalties

Jan 05, 2018
Seven states saw a third or more of their hospitals punished under the federal health law's campaign against hospital-acquired conditions. Critics accuse some unscathed hospitals of gaming the system.
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7 Ways You Can Protect Yourself From Outrageous Medical Bills

Nov 29, 2017
Prepare to joust over bills with hospitals, medical providers and insurers. You can win by being smart and assertive and acting before a test or treatment is administered.
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After two weeks of recovery from an addiction to opioids prescribed by her surgeon, Katie Herzog takes a walk with her dog, Pippen.

Should Hospitals Be Punished For Post-Surgical Patients' Opioid Addiction?

Nov 26, 2017
Many surgeons prescribe strong pain medicine without knowing how much their patients actually need. A group of doctors says hospitals should be accountable for patients' long-term opioid use.
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Power outages in Puerto Rico have resulted in a shortage of IV minibags, similar to the one seen here. Baxter International makes most such bags for the U.S. market at its plants in Puerto Rico.

Hurricane Damage To Manufacturers In Puerto Rico Affects Mainland Hospitals, Too

Nov 15, 2017
The island is a major center for drug and medical device manufacturing. After Hurricane Maria, those products, including small IV bags, are running short throughout the U.S.
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Rosemary Warnock, a registered nurse at Maine Health, exits the Merrill Auditorium voting station in Portland, Maine, early Tuesday. She said she was motivated to vote for Medicaid expansion.

After Maine Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion, Governor Raises Objections

Nov 08, 2017
Republican Gov. Paul LePage vetoed Medicaid expansion several times before, so advocates took the measure to the ballot box. Now the governor is placing financial conditions on moving ahead.
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Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore's health commissioner, says the federal government should help pay for a lifesaving drug that reverses opioid overdose.

Counting The Heavy Cost Of Care In The Age Of Opioids

Oct 27, 2017
The city of Baltimore says it needs more money to distribute a lifesaving opioid overdose medication. And a recent study finds the cost of treating overdoses in U.S. hospital ICUs has risen sharply.
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Hundreds of homes in the Coffey Park neighborhood that were destroyed by the Tubbs Fire on October 11, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California.

As She Evacuated Patients From The Hospital, Her Home Burned

Oct 15, 2017
On extremely short notice, two hospitals had to evacuate all their patients as wildfires spread rapidly through Santa Rosa, Calif., last Sunday and Monday. One nurse on duty tells her story.
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Roughly 80 percent of all first strokes arise from risks that people can influence with behavioral changes, doctors say — risks like high blood pressure, smoking and drug abuse.

Health Conditions That Increase Stroke Risk Rise Across All Ages, Races

Oct 11, 2017
Smoking, drug abuse and diabetes are all modifiable risk factors for stroke. Yet a large study of patients hospitalized for stroke suggests the number of people with these risk factors is rising.

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